August 30, 2012
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Program Result
Researchers from Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard School of Public Health, and Mathematica Policy Research produced reports and journal articles on the adoption and use of electronic health record systems among physicians and hospitals.
December 1, 2010
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Journal Article
Treating chronic disease among children requires advanced tools to manage information and support decision-making. This article reports on a federally-funded study that assessed the prevalence of electronic health records in children's hospitals.
August 26, 2010
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Journal Article
Promoting the adoption and use of health information technology (HIT) is a major priority for U.S. policy-makers as a means of managing health care costs and improving quality.
April 1, 2010
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Journal Article
This study examined electronic health record adoption in U.S. hospitals and the relationship to quality and efficiency.
March 26, 2009
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Journal Article
This study examined all acute care member hospitals of the American Hospital Association to determine how many used Electronic Health Records (EHR), and examined specific characteristics to help identify barriers and facilitators to EHR adoption.
July 1, 2009
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Program Result
The Health Research and Educational Trust collected and integrated information on patients' race/ethnicity, primary language and socioeconomic status into an electronic health record system, and linked that information with clinical performance measures.
April 13, 2012
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Journal Article
The authors conducted a one-year, multi-site trial of patient-accessible online office visit notes system OpenNotes, and found that many primary care physicians were willing to participate.
January 1, 2010
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Report
2010 report examines progress toward meaningful use.
March 21, 2009
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Program Result
Researchers conducted preliminary work to develop a standardized set of EHR-based quality performance measures.
December 2, 2008
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Program Result
Connecting for Health works with more than 100 collaborators from government, health care, industry and consumer groups to establish policy guidelines and technical solutions to pave the way for nationwide electronic health information exchange.